Hunter Program researchers also created bacteria strains that carried pathogenic viruses inside them


"Hunter Program researchers also created bacteria strains that carried pathogenic viruses inside them. These strains would be double trouble: a person who contracted the bacterial disease would likely be treated with an antibiotic, which would stop the infection by disrupting the bacterial cells. This would release the virus, resulting in an outbreak of viral disease. Such a scenario would confuse medical personnel, making treatment very difficult." ..and that was in the late 1960s...